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My experience of setting up a nurse-led independent aesthetics and dermatology clinic

1 June 2018 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology
An experienced nurse shares her tips and advice for launching an independent private aesthetic clinic. LoveSkin Clinic opened its doors in November 2016. Like so many other nurses embarking on such a venture I had no experience running a business...

Age-specific models for predicting burns mortality

1 December 2014 | | General Plastic Surgery | Burns, Model, Mortality
The authors of this paper attempt to add to the numerous burn mortality prediction models which have been described in many papers from many countries, by analysing data from the American Burn Association National Burn Repository. As such they have...

Business administration for aesthetic practitioners – why be managed when you can manage?

1 April 2016 | | Aesthetic Medicine
Do you know what the difference is between a profit and loss account or a balance sheet? Have you wondered how you will market your practice? What can you do to drive your team to success? These are just some...

Perceptions and deceptions: a personal blog by the editor 5 September 2016

5 September 2016 |
The junior doctors are without doubt the very backbone of the NHS. They span from the newly graduated medical students to the most senior postgraduate trainees who are about to embark on a definitive post as a hospital consultant or...

Raising the bar for safer cosmetic surgery in the UK – part 1

1 August 2018 | | General Plastic Surgery
In part one of a two-series article Professor James Frame, from the Anglia Ruskin University, gives us his opinion on what needs to be done to improve cosmetic surgery and patient safety in the UK. Cosmetic surgery is most easily...

An update on BIA-ALCL

1 June 2019 | | Breast Surgery, General Plastic Surgery
The author discusses the concerns and new restrictions on breast implants due to cases of breast implant associated-anaplastic large cell lymphoma – should we be worried? Breast implants, first introduced in the 1960s, have continued to evolve, having survived a...

The Evolution of Wood MediSpa

16 June 2021 | | General Plastic Surgery, ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES
As surgeons we must have all dreamt of owning our own facility. The perfect dream of a stand-alone private hospital with the entire patient journey seamlessly mapped out. It would offer unparalleled continuity of care – the same team doing...

Improving cosmesis after breast implant removal

1 February 2022 | | Breast Surgery, General Plastic Surgery, CPD - The PMFA Journal
Removing breast implants has a profound effect on the patient’s appearance; in this article the authors, both expert breast surgeons, discuss how to optimise the cosmetic result. Removing breast implants has a profound effect on the patient’s appearance and we...

Further thoughts on hymenoplasty

1 February 2016 | | General Plastic Surgery
The interesting and controversial article on hymenoplasty published in the Dec/Jan 16 issue of PMFA News is an example of what can happen when religion and culture clash with modern medicine. In my opinion, medicine and science should be pure...

In conversation with Derek Mendonca

3 November 2021 | General Plastic Surgery, Facial Plastic Surgery, ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES
Can you tell us a bit about your background and what made you decide on a career as a paediatric plastic surgeon? I was born and raised in Bahrain, in the Middle East. My parents, both from Managlore in India,...

Early treatment of scars with laser therapy

30 March 2022 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology
Wound healing is a complex process, made up of three phases that overlap with each other: inflammation, proliferation and remodelling [1]. The last phase is the remodelling of the extracellular matrix resulting in a mature scar; it lasts from three...

Informed consent and failure to disclose – legal perspectives for aesthetic surgeons

1 October 2016 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Breast Surgery, Dentistry, Dermatology, Facial Plastic Surgery, General Plastic Surgery, Hand and Wrist Surgery, Imaging, Maxillofacial Surgery, Oculoplastics, Rhinoplasty, Skull Base Surgery
As litigation and legal claims in aesthetic surgery and medicine continue to rise, informed consent is not only a legal imperative but also essential in protecting yourself and your business. Lee Seng Khoo and Francesco Mazzarone, from the world-renowned Ivo...